{"id":231932,"date":"2025-10-17T16:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/231932\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T16:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:50:07","slug":"black-stars-rise-to-73rd-in-latest-fifa-world-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/231932\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars rise to 73rd in latest FIFA World Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"article-123\">Ghana\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3622\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3622\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Black Stars<\/a> have climbed two places in the latest FIFA World Ranking, following their impressive run in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in October 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Otto Addo\u2019s side, who were ranked 75th in September 2025 after a one-place rise, have now moved up to 73rd globally in the October 2025 update.<\/p>\n<p>The improvement reflects Ghana\u2019s strong performances during the international window, where they recorded back-to-back wins, a dominant 5-0 thrashing of Madagascar in Morocco and a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Comoros at the Accra Sports Stadium to seal top spot in Group I.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/Alan-Shearer-urges-Yoane-Wissa-to-snub-AFCON-and-show-loyalty-to-Newcastle-2005615\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alan Shearer urges Yoane Wissa to snub AFCON and show loyalty to Newcastle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite the global rise, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3622\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=3622\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Black Stars<\/a> remain 14th in Africa, maintaining their continental position from the previous ranking.<\/p>\n<p>Otto Addo will be hoping to push the team even higher when they return to action in November 2025 in the international friendlies against Japan and South Korea.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>FKA\/JE<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, watch highlights of Ghana&#8217;s 1-0 win over Comoros in the World Cup qualifiers<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ghana\u2019s Black Stars have climbed two places in the latest FIFA World Ranking, following their impressive run in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-231932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}